2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

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Chemistry is the 44th most popular major in the country with 21,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, chemistry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $38,704 and had an average of $22,279 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 313 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,450 and $25,249 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 183 chemistry graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,552 and $24,636 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in chemistry. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent chemistry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the chemistry program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut bachelor’s degree chemistry students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Chemistry in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$22,012 Average Net Price

$47,260 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 48 bachelors’s chemistry degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The yearly cost to attend UCONN is $22,012 for Connecticut Bachelor’s Degree Chemistry students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Chemistry at UCONN

#2

University of New Haven

West Haven, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$33,400 Average Net Price

$44,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Haven. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Chemistry Schools for a Bachelor’s in Connecticut list. Located in West Haven, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s chemistry students in 2019-2020.

University of New Haven also made our “Best Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of New Haven is $33,400 for connecticut bachelor’s degree chemistry students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of New Haven Chemistry Report

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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